Robert S. Gelbard
Robert S. Gelbard | |
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President Ronald Reagan with Robert S. Gelbard | |
| United States Ambassador to Indonesia | |
| In office October 18, 1999 – October 14, 2001 | |
| President | Bill Clinton |
| Preceded by | J. Stapleton Roy |
| Succeeded by | Ralph Leo Boyce |
| United States Ambassador to Bolivia | |
| In office October 11, 1988 – July 20, 1991 | |
| President | Ronald Reagan George H.W Bush |
| Preceded by | Edward Morgan Rowell |
| Succeeded by | Charles R. Bowers |
| 6th Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs | |
| In office November 23, 1993 – April 10, 1997 | |
| Preceded by | Melvyn Levitsky |
| Succeeded by | Rand Beers |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 6, 1944 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Colby College Harvard University |
Robert Sidney Gelbard (born March 6, 1944) is an American diplomat and former United States Ambassador to Bolivia (1988–1991) and Indonesia (1999–2001). He is a member of the American Academy of Diplomacy, and is a 1964 graduate of Colby College and a 1979 graduate of the Harvard Kennedy School, where he received a Master of Public Administration.
In the Clinton administration, he was an envoy to the Balkans. In the Spring of 1998, he met with Slobodan Milosevic and warned him about NATO's possible use of military force against Serbia. By May 1998, he suggested to the White House that they bomb Serbia, but the idea was originally rejected by NSA Sandy Berger.
In February of that year, Gelbard described the Kosovo Liberation Army, Milosevic's foe in the Kosovo war as "without any questions, a terrorist group" and added that "we condemn very strongly terrorist activities in Kosovo."
Gelbard currently sits on the Atlantic Council's Board of Directors.